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Fedora 37 : rubygem-rmagick (2023-8dd1a1a2e6)

low Nessus Plugin ID 185397

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-8dd1a1a2e6 advisory.

 - A memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick, an interface between Ruby and ImageMagick. This issue can lead to a denial of service (DOS) by memory exhaustion. (CVE-2023-5349)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected rubygem-rmagick package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-8dd1a1a2e6

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 185397

File Name: fedora_2023-8dd1a1a2e6.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/9/2023

Updated: 12/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rubygem-rmagick

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5349